CVE-2024-58082 media: nuvoton: Fix an error check in npcm_video_ece_init()
A missing null check in the Nuvoton video driver can cause a kernel crash when device lookup fails, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-58082?
CVE-2024-58082 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: nuvoton: Fix an error check in npcm_video_ece_init()
When function of_find_device_by_node() fails, it returns NULL instead of an error code. So the corresponding error check logic should be modified to check whether the return value is NULL and set the error code to be returned as -ENODEV.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58082?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-58082?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-58082 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58082 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-58082, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58082, GHSA-p7x2-rhr6-gw9m, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-58082, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58082.